Big Apple n.— «The Big Apple. The dream of every lad that ever threw a leg over a thoroughbred and the goal of all horsemen. There’s only one Big Apple. That’s New York. Two dusky stable hands were leading a pair of thoroughbred around...
hero n.— «It seems like a straightforward assignment until the “hero”—food styling parlance for the center of the plate foodstuff—arrives on set as wrinkled as a baggy pair of pantyhose that have lost their elastic...
bootleg adj.— «“You guys need to get new headphones. Most of them are so bootleg! They don’t work and kill my ears. Please.”…”Libby admits that until hearing from you, she’d never used a pair of headphones in the...
sack up v.— «My only response to diablo is to sack up and grow a pair.» —“Re: Love and Death” by maszakj@pell1l8.alleg.edu (Jonathan Maszak) Usent: alt.romance.chat Mar. 11, 1994. (source: Double-Tongued...
sally-port n.— «Directly facing the arena, a pair of massive sanitation trucks and an intricate blockade of barriers line the 33rd Street vehicle checkpoint. They are the type in use at embassies around the world. Their goal is two-fold:...
p n.— «Police discovered at least four youngsters, one a 10-year-old, had allegedly been used by the pair as assistants in making methamphetamine also known as P.» —“Dawn raids target P dealers in Hawke’s...